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helpline
English
Etymology
help +? line
Noun
helpline (plural helplines)
- (telecommunications) A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which offers help to those who call, as either a public emergency service or customer service.
Translations
helpline From the web:
- what helplines are there
- what's helpline number
- what helplines can i text
- helpline meaning
- helpline what does it mean
- what do helplines do
- what is helpline of jazz
- what is helpline number for covid 19
contact
English
Etymology
From Latin contactus, from conting? (“I touch on all sides”), from tang? (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- (noun):
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ntækt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ntækt/
- (verb):
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)
- (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
- The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
- (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone
- I am trying to contact my sister.
Usage notes
- The use of contact as a verb is occasionally discountenanced. Nonetheless, its usefulness and popularity have - at least to some extent - worn down resistance.
Translations
References
Dutch
Alternative forms
- kontakt (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?kt/
- Hyphenation: con?tact
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)
- physical contact
- contact (close association)
- contact (communication, exchange)
- contact (someone with whom communication has been established)
Derived terms
Related terms
- contacteren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kontak
- ? Indonesian: kontak
- ? West Frisian: kontakt
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contactus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.takt/
Noun
contact m (plural contacts)
- (physical) contact; contact (with another person)
- contact (person that one knows)
- rapport
Further reading
- “contact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French contact
Noun
contact n (plural contacte)
- contact
Declension
contact From the web:
- what contact prescription is legally blind
- what contacts can you sleep in
- what contact solution for slime
- what contact information should be on a resume
- what contacts are best for me
- what contacts are best for dry eyes
- what contacts should i get
- what contacts are best for astigmatism
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